New York sights : visualizing old and new New York /

New York sights : visualizing old and new New York /

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Author / Creator:	Tallack, Douglas.
Edition:	English ed.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2005.
Description:	xii, 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Visual communication -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Arts, American -- New York (State) -- New York. City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Landscape -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Arts, American. Buildings. City and town life. Intellectual life. Landscapes -- Social aspects. Visual communication. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951. New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life. New York (N.Y.) -- In art. New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. New York (State) -- New York. Art. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5788118

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ISBN:	9781845201708 (pbk.) 1845201701 (pbk.) 9781845201692 (cloth) 1845201698 (cloth)
Notes:	Includes filmography (p. [183]-185). Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-207) and index.

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Summary:	Lavishly illustrated, New York Sights surveys the formative period when a nostalgically evoked "Old New York" transformed into "New New York," ultimately becoming the modernist city of the twentieth century. Drawing on photography, film, and painting, the author considers the changing skyline, the grid-plan, the growth of the elevated train, the homes of the leisure classes, and city streets. Among the artists discussed are: Alfred Stieglitz, Jacob Riis, Georgia O'Keefe, John Sloan, Childe Hassam, and George Bellows. The conclusion looks at the post World War II period and the shocking visual reality of a New York skyline without the Twin Towers.
Physical Description:	xii, 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes filmography (p. [183]-185). Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-207) and index.
ISBN:	9781845201708 1845201701 9781845201692 1845201698